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Oklahoma Basketball 101 in the NCAA Tournament

No. 2-seed Oklahoma will meet up with the No. 4 seed in the West Region, the Texas A&M Aggies, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The Sooners are making their 31st overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament and its is their 26th trip in the past 34 seasons. That ties them with Michigan State for the ninth most appearances in NCAA Tournament history and second most (to Kansas) in the Big 12.

The Sooners are 39-29 all-time in their 31 NCAA Tournament appearances.

Here is a quick primer on OU’s NCAA Tournament history:

  • Of Oklahoma’s 10 previous appearances in the NCAA Tournament round of 16, 10 of them have come since 1985 (Wayman Tisdale’s last season at OU).